Scandinavia's leading luxury retailer Georg Jensen, founded by the eponymous Danish designer in 1904, was sold to Investcorp group for $140 million. As part of this transaction, Investcorp has teamed up with David Chu, the luxury brand ...
Britta and Kent Lindvall chose to build their Treehotel concept in one of the most beautiful parts of Northern Sweden,where natural forests,simplicity and unspoiled beauty could encase the tree house's surroundings.What may be a surprise to ...
Boosted by growth in all segments,Jotun Group announced strong tertiary and year to date numbers in its latest financial report. "We are happy with the continuous sales growth and EBITA development after a challenging 2011,"said Morten ...
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Couche-Tard's newly-formed subsidiary, Couche-Tard Norway, is to carry out a compulsory acquisition of the final shares it does not own of Statoil Fuel & Retail (SFR). Last month, the French retailer confirmed its 81.2% ownership of the ...
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Couche-Tard has confirmed settlement dates in the latest development in its takeover bid for Norway's Statoil Fuel and Retail (SFR). Last week, the Canadian c-store retailer said its NOK53 (US$8.87) per share all-cash offer, which values ...
Couche-Tard has become the principal owner of Statoil Fuel & Retail (SFR). In an update on yesterday's (18 June) news that the group had announced settlement dates for its NOK53 (US$8.87) per share all-cash offer for SFR, Couche-Tard has ...
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What was until now the biggest pellet plant in Scandinavia, with annual technical capacity of 450,000 t, will be shut down by the end of the year. The executive board of the Norwegian pellet producer BioWood Norway AS, AverØya, made ...
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Canadian c-store chain Couche-Tard has booked an increase in first-half profits boosted by acquisitions. In the 24 weeks ended 14 October, earnings amounted to C$278.1m (US$279.7m), a 9.9% increase on the prior year period. The group said ...
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UK - Production house sevens7 recently approached XL Events to supply a range of visual solutions to Nissan for an innovative Future : Today roadshow and driver experience promoting the new LEAF electric car which is currently touring ...
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Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, a French supplier of construction materials, could give investors something to build on in the next 12 months. Its shares (ticker: SGO.France) could rally more than 20% as the company benefits from growing demand ...
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Sweden - Covering 1080 acres across four adjacent skiing areas, Sweden's Åre ski resort is not just one of the largest in Scandinavia, but in 2009 was judged the best in the world by Conde Nast Traveller magazine. A recently completed ...
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Danish dairy cooperative ArIa Foods has merged with German cooperative Milch-Union Hocheifel (MUH), following approvals from the European Commission. The merged business is called Arla Foods Deutschland. Arla is a dairy cooperative ...
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RSA has signed an agreement with Rotterdam-based underwriting firm Charterama to jointly market and distribute Charterers’ Liability cover on a global basis, effective from 1 November 2012. Under the terms of the agreement, RSA will ...
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France - The French distribution company Dimatec has made a substantial investment in a range of Philips Selecon LED luminaires. Dimatec, which distributes and imports the world's leading lighting equipment brands to service film, ...
Tags: Philips, LED luminaires, lighting equipment, lighting instrument
NYK Logistics (Scandinavia) has just moved to a new centrally located purpose built 27,000m² Scandinavian Distribution Centre (SDC) in Gothenburg. This new warehouse brings together NYK's logistics activities in one 260,000m³ ...
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